Google Nest's hidden microphone was never disclosed to consumers (theblaze.com)

There seems to be a lot of scary articles about surveillance today

More and more the self-owned Pi based solutions look better. Can't hardly trust anyone.

Imagine Google not knowing that they would be caught

Feb 2019 article, not sure why this is news.

> "The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs. That was an error on our part. The microphone has never been on and is only activated when users specifically enable the option,"

Translation: We knew people wouldn't like it, so we "forgot" to list it on the tech specs.

I call BS. I had a printer once that advertised MANUAL DUPLEXING as a features. The marketing department wouldn't forget to list a piece of hardware that costed money as a feature unless they thought it devalued the product.

Google microphones in my house? No thanks.